Ecological and genetic differentiation among the Arctic charr of lake Aigneau, northern Québec

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 445-460

  Power, M ^a,c   Power, G ^a   Reist, J D ^b   Bajno, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b 501 University Crescent ^*

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic charr; Microsatellites; MtDNA; Polymorphism; Stable isotope analysis; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 68949107650     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2009.00362.x     Document Type: Article

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